First forecast. Im just thinking to sunday. Im just getting there. Are you ready for some football . We are. Wont be the same without redskins but still worth watching. Going to be a great weather for outdoors, throwing the football around in your own yard. We have clouds passing through. Its partly cloudy to mostly cloudy across most of maryland, virginia and West Virginia. The areas of color there, the left of your screen, thats where theyre getting some rain. Right now getting light to moderate rain across indiana into kentucky and then theres a few scattered lighter showers that are now moving out of Eastern Kentucky into southwestern West Virginia and in central ohio. All of this is gradually arriving here by later today. Getting a few sprinkles around roanoke. Most of the metro area down to the mid 30s. Milder air pushing into the mountains right now. Charleston, West Virginia, 57 degrees. Montgomery county in the mid and upper 30s. Its down into the low 30s parts of Fairfax County and into northern virginia. Prince william into fauquier, stafford, spotsylvania, parts of Loudoun County near the freezing mark. Arlington in the upper 30s. Our forecast here, hour by hour, just quite a bit of cloudiness around this morning and all cloudy this afternoon and some of that rain arriving here perhaps around 2 00, 3 00 in the afternoon and some the rain continuing into earlier this evening. Well look at your friday evening forecast coming up in ten minutes. A look at traffic now, Mike Cremedas in for danella. Mike . Good morning, tom. Things are looking good. No serious delays on the beltway. We had a disabled vehicle that has been taken out of the way. Travel lanes are all open. No residual delays. Outer loop before route 1, exit ramp blocked with construction. Looking good on 95 heading north in virginia. A live look north of the occoquan. Its a 13minute ride from the Prince William parkway to the beltway at 56 miles an hour. Aaron, eun. Mike, thank you. Melissa mollet has breaking news. Police are evacuating overnight workers from a massive mall there after two burglars made their way inside earlier tonight. They believe the men might be holding a hostage inside one of the stores there. Take a look at this video just in. From above, you can see the police activity. We understand there are swat teams on the scene. The armed men entered the mall about two hours ago. Its not clear what theyre armed with. The 405 freeway was shut down overnight but the exit to the mall is blocked off. Melissa mollet, news 4. Today will likely be a crucial day for the future of afghanistan. President obama will sit down with President Hamid karzai. The leaders will discuss the u. S. s role there when the war ends next year. It will be the first facetoface meeting since president obama was reelected. Karzai had dinner last night with secretary of state hillary clinton. The meal came after the two had a private meeting. They also discussed the future of afghanistan, including preparations for that countrys elections next year. The death toll continues to climb in a series of bombings across pakistan. At least 120 people were killed in the blast yesterday. 81 of them died in two explosions at a billiards hall in a shia neighborhood in ket a. A sunni militant group with ties to the taliban is claiming responsibility for the attack. Human Rights Groups are criticizing pakistans government for not doing more to protect its shiite population. More than 400 were killed in pakistan last year. Joe bidens Gun Control Task force turns its attention to the video Game Industry today. The Entertainment Software association which represents several video game makers has confirmed it is part of the talks this afternoon. Biden wants to know if vie lint video games like call of duty black ops ii play a role in mass shootings. Game makers say various studies debunked the theory that it has anything to do with real life violence. The National Rifle association slamming the task force this morning for what it calls an a agenda to attack the Second Amendment. Biden spent most of their meeting yesterday focusing on restrictions that would impact lawful gun owners they said. The Vice President said those ideas include a universal background check and limiting the size of high capacity magazines. The nra will work with congress for what will best check the box and talked to the representatives of firearms owners and the groups that support the Second Amendment and now they were going to proceed with what they wanted to do. The nra is pushing for a program to put armed guards in every school in the nation. Biden says he will present his recommendations to president obama on tuesday. While that meeting was going on, across the country gunfire erupted at another school. A 16yearold boy shot one classmate with a shotgun and tried to shoot another but missed. This was at a high school in taft, california. The boy had been planning the attack and targeted students who bullied him. If teachers prevented more bloodshed in talking the student to putting the gun down. The injured student is in critical but stable condition. The man accused of opening fire inside a colorado movie theater. After four days of graphic testimony of the night james holmes allegedly shot and killed 12 people and injured 70 more in a theater last summer, a judge ruled there is enough evidence to take the case to trial. The judge says prosecutors established probable cause on more than 160 felony counts. Holmes attorneys asked for todays arraignment to be delayed. In new york city, a domestic dispute turns into a deadly fire. Neighbors caught the massive fire on video last night. Take a look. This is as flames gutted that building in soho neighborhood. Witnesses saw a man setting fire to a hallway after a domestic dispute. One person not involved in that dispute died. Neighbors say they could hear screams coming from the building. Screaming for help. Do you know what floor he was on . I think the third floor. I was going to climb down to the fire escape and help him. I would have been another casualty probably. It took about 200 firefighters to get that fire under control. Police arrested a man who they say lives in the building. He was taken to the hospital for bruises that investigators say he sustained while trying to fight off firefighters. Today well learn more about a safety review of boeings newest airplane. The faa will release details of the 787 dreamliner. This week an electrical fire broke out on one of them owned by japan airlines. It arrived in boston. A day later, a fuel leak grounded under airplane operated by jal. Similar planes fly in and out of dulles every day. The cdc will announce today that the flu continues to spread across the country. 41 states, including maryland and virginia, reported widespread flu activity. Many doctors offices, pharmacies and clinics are running out of flu shots. Doctors at the Childrens National Medical Center say there are still shots out there, but it may take a little work to find them. Were hearing that the vaccines out there might take searching, particularly for infants. Were encouraging families to do what they can to get it for their children. The archdiocese of washington is asking anyone who feels sick to avoid shaking hands or taking communion. Individual pastors will decide this weekend whether to suspend communion. 4 38 is your time now. Its sentencing day for the man convicted of shooting at military buildings. Up next, why new lawyers in the case could mean a brand new trial. A boys abduction solved nearly two decades later. Who police say kept the child in hiding. Today the beginning of a rather nice weather trend. Weather an so. [ gasps ] these are sandras homemade yummy, scrumptious bars. Hmm . I just wanted you to eat more fiber. Chewy, oatie, gooeyness. And fraudulence. Im in deep, babe. You certainly are. [ male announcer ] fiber one. [ man ] excuse me miss. [ gasps ] this fiber one 90 calorie brownie has all the deliciousness you desire. The brownie of your dreams is now deliciously real. We have chilly temperatures suburbs and areas near freezing around the cities. Its generally hovering near 40 degrees. Near the bay waters, a little above freezing. Inland, away from the waters, near freezing temperatures. By 6 a. M. Near freezing. In the low 50s this afternoon. Likely light rain moving in by early to midafternoon. Off and on showers continuing into tonight. If youre going out tonight, heres the evening planner. Any rain should be ending by 8 00 p. M. After that, patchy dense fog forming down to the mid 40s by midnight. Warmup for the weekend. Details in ten minutes. Mike cremedas in for danella for traffic. We have construction outer loop before route 1. No delays there. Looking great westbound 66. The construction at cedar lane, the left and right lanes blocked. No serious backups as you can see. The eastbound side, inside the beltway. Back to you in the studio. Thanks, mike. Still to come, why one group is filing a lawsuit after a famed latin singer died in a plane crash. A change in the tide after [ female announcer ] pillsbury crescents on their own are fantastic but add some sauce, pepperoni and cheese and fold up the crescent dough. And presto tuesday night just became crescent pizza pockettastic pillsbury crescents. Let the making begin heres a better idea. Pillsbury grands flaky layers biscuits in just 15 minutes the light delicate layers add a layer of warmth to your next dinner. Pillsbury grands biscuits let the making begin. Welcome back. New details about the prostitution scandal that tarnished the secret service. The Justice Department says the dea agents set up a meeting between a secret Service Agent and a prostitute in colombia. The agents were there ahead of president obamas visit last april. The Justice Department report says the dea agents should not face criminal charges. 2 dozen secret Service Employees and other members have been implicated in the scandal. Jonathan ma la cue is supposed to be sentenced today. A plea deal he agreed to requires he serve 25 years in prison. His lawyers want a judge to review that deal. Government doctors recently diagnosed their client as schizophrenic. An unfortunate first for the district this morning where city police are investigating the first homicide of 2013. Police tell us a man was stabbed in the 2800 block of alabama avenue southeast right off nay letter road. Police are still looking for the person responsible. In maryland, people are waking up in the hospital after being hit by a car. It happened during rush hour. Two victims are teenagers, the other two adults. The driver of the car stayed on the scene and waited for paramedics to arrive. Two of the victims injuries are described as lifethreatening. Police have not released any names or information on charges. But we all know rg3s road to recovery will take time. Estimates range anywhere from 6 to 12 months. The surgeon who performed the quarterbacks first acl surgery in 2009 is weighing in. Hes also a former redskins offensive lineman and is closed to the griffin family. He spoke to news 4 about when he thinks rg3 will get back on field. Honestly, with the acl, revision reconstruction, i would expect 6 to 8 months. I honestly think that, knowing his work ethic, and the kind of athlete he is and the condition can hes in, i would expect to see him back for the opener. The doctor says the only downside to rg3s surgery is that bone and tendon grafts had to be taken from his good knee to repair the damaged one. A son of former nfl junior seau is speaking out after his father was suffering from a degenerative brain disease. Hes upset that he didnt have the awareness to help his father more and now its too late. He suffered from cte. Its associated from repeated blows to the head. He shot and killed himself last may. Hes one of three former nfl players found to have cte after committing suicide. Nhl players are beginning to vote on whether to approve a new collective bargaining agreement. The vote is electronic and will continue through saturday at 8 00 a. M. The board of governors unanimously approved the deal yesterday. If a majority of the 700 players eligible to vote approve the agreement, Training Camp will start this sunday with a shortened 48game season set to start on the 19th. A South Carolina school board is deciding whether to fire a High School English teacher for going too far after he stomped on an American Flag in front of his students. Attorneys say the teacher was trying to spur discussion in class and wanted to use a symbol which students were familiar. They want to fire the teacher. For now hes on paid leave. 4 48 now. After almost 20 years an indiana boy abducted by his grandparents has been found. In 1994 Richard Landers jr. Was taken during a custody battle when he was 5 years old. His paternal grandparents were charged but the charges were dismissed after the case went cold. He was living under a different name but the same Social Security number in a small town in minnesota. Hes now married and expecting his first child. The family is trying to set up a reunion. No word if his grandparents face any charges. Relatives of People Killed in a plane crash with mexicanamerican singer jenny rivera are skewing her company. They say she was negligent when she hired a faulty learjet that went down killing five passengers. Investigators have still not said what caused the crash. The lawsuit says her company should have known the plane was not safe to fly. It also claims the pilots did not have enough training to safely fly the plane. Right now, firefighters are trying to stop raging wildfires from destroying more homes in new zealand. The flames forced several families to evacuate their neighborhoods. A wildfire charred some 370 acres of land in the city of Christ Church. No one has been hurt. It devastated Christ Church in 2011 and killed 185 people. Rescue efforts continue after an avalanche leaves villagers stranded in turkey. Dozens of people are trapped in their homes. People from surrounding towns are trying o dig out the village which only has one road in and out of town. Rescuers have been able to dig out a few of the injured. Even ambulances were getting stuck in the mountains of snow. Good news in the effort to save about a dozen whales trapped under ice in canada. It appears the whales are free. The ice that trapped them has shifted and the waters have opened up around them a bit. Scientists say shifting wind may be to thank for pushing the isiah way. The whales are not necessarily out of the woods just yet. The ice continues to move so they could get trapped elsewhere. The expectation is that, i think, the grandmother is leading that pod of whales and they should be able to get farther and farther away. Hopefully thats far enough. I hope so. I was really concerned approximate them. Theyre beautiful animals. 4 51. Time for weather and traffic on the 1s. Meteorologist tom kierein here to tell us about changes in our weather, tom. Weather whiplash. Cold start, near freezing now in much of the region. By sunday, near 70 degrees. Awesome. Cant believe it. Incredible warmup on the way. Be prepared. Were starting off feeling likian. Theres the Washington Monument under a partly cloudy sky. Its 40 at Reagan National right now. Calm wind. The cloud cover will be thickening up as the morning progresses. Over the last 12 hours, weve had the cloud cover in and out overnight. Right now on radar, storm team 4 radar showing rain moving into West Virginia out of ohio and indiana and kentucky, also a few sprinkles southwestern virginia. That is going to be getting closer to us by later this afternoon. Right now, it is cold. Montgomery county near freezing, as well as much of southern maryland, including Prince Georges County and arlington and fairfax down to the low to mid30s. Just near 30 degrees Prince William county and parts of stafford and spotsylvania and culpeper. Throughout the day, this is by noontime, some of that rain moving into West Virginia and perhaps south of richmond. During the afternoon, between about 3 00 and 7 00 p. M. Is when well probably get that rain moving on through. After that, well have fog, dense fog forming tonight and into tomorrow morning. Heres how were looking. Heres the temperature graph. Well have upper 40s near 50 by noontime. Lot of clouds around then. Its probably around 2 00, 3 00 well have this rain beginning to move in. Thats going to be with us into early this evening. Then that dense fog forms later tonight into tomorrow morning. Partly sunny tomorrow afternoon into the mid60s. Yes, near 70 on sunday afternoon. Lot of clouds around. Back to work and school with chilly rains moving in on monday into tuesday. Turning much colder and up next week. Mike cremedas in for da nil a this morning. No serious accidents on the beltway and delayfree in montgomery county. A live look at cameras east of New Hampshire avenue. Looking good at connecticut avenue. 11minute drive to 270 at 55 miles per hour. Also looking good south of old dominion road. Further south its 14minute ride on the outer loop from the dulles toll road to springfield at 54 miles an hour. Aaron, eun . Thank you, mike. It is now 4 53. Your metro ride will be slower on three lines this weekend. On the blue line, buses will replace trains between the pentagon and ross lind stations. The Arlington Cemetery station is closed. On the red line, there will be singing tracking between Friendship Heights and van necessary and on the green line, trains will share tracks between green belt and college park. Work starts at 10 00 tonight and should be done by monday morning. Today, transit agencies around the country, including metro, will receive funding to train the next generation of train for transportation jobs. Transportation secretary ray lahood will make the announcement at 11 30 this morning at Booker T Washington Charter School in d. C. It aims to give people jobs at coming up, why a Popular Museum in the district is eliminating jobs. The airlines to most likely most likely to get you to your destination on time. A big accomplishment today for nbcs longrunning soap opera, days of our lives. Youre watching news4 today. Im halfway to your heart you have to let me know so i dont make my worst mistake turn around and let you go [ female announcer ] when sweet and salty come together, the taste is irresistible. Made with sweet, smooth Peanut Butter and salted, roasted peanuts. Sweet and salty nut bars by nature valley. Nature at its most delicious. Delicious. But say i press a few out flat. Add some beef sloppy joe sauce. And cheese fold it all up and boom i just made an unbeatable unsloppy Joe Pillsbury grands biscuits. Let the making begin. Thats been wrapped in a flaky crust stuffed with a gooey center toasted up all golden brown then given a delicious design . A toaster strudel. Pillsbury toaster strudel. So delicious. So fun. Welcome back at 4 57. More layoffs on the way to the district. 16 positions at the museum are being eliminated. The layoffs are just a part of restructuring and it plans to create more jobs in the future. Documents show in recent years, the museum barely brought in enough montoy cover expenses. Its dedicated to journalism. A change at the union station. Barnes and noble will close its doors after a deal to extend a lease for one more year fell through. Barnes and noble planned to close last october after turning down a proposal to move to another spot there. Both sides agreed to work on a deal. Now it appears that that has fallen through. One particular Airline Might guarantee you dont miss your next flight. The bureau of transportation has released its ontime arrivals, Airline Arrivals for 2012. Hawaiian airlines ranked number one with 93 of flights landing on time. Alaska air came in second, followed by airtran, delta and u. S. Airways. American airlines came in last with only 77 of flights coming in on time. Perhaps eyes are the windows to your souls. A new Study Suggests that people with brown eyes are perceived to be more trustworthy than people with blue eyes. Researchers in thezech republic say it isnt even actually the eye color that people respond to. Its the shape of the peoples face with those eye colors. They say the people with brown eyes are deemed more trustworthy in pictures. When they reverse peoples eye color in the same pictures, those same people with blue eyes were found to be more trustworthy as well. People with brown eyes have a certain face shape thats more common than people with blue eyes. Thats what makes them more trustworthy. All right. We both have brown eyes. It is true. Good. Thats important in this line of work. Stay with us. News4 today continues right now at 5 00 a. M. New from overnight, the standoff happening inside a Popular Department store. And the search this morning for a man police consider dangerous, aggressive and mentally ill. Good morning, im aaron gilchrist. Im eun yang. Welcome to news4 today for this friday, january 11, 2013. The big weather story right now is the weekend warmup. Before we get there, still chilly out there and a chance of rain headed our way. Storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein here with the forecast. Good morning. Happy friday. Starting off with breaks in the clouds over most of virginia and maryland and West Virginia,
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